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Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES IA0056821

DESOTO CITY OF STP, De Soto, IA: NPDES IA0056821 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties

DESOTO CITY OF STP, held by CITY OF DESOTO, holds NPDES permit IA0056821. EPA’s file records it issued April 1, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2025. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.

Identity

Facility as filedDESOTO CITY OF STP
Permittee as filedCITY OF DESOTO
NPDES IDIA0056821
Permit statusAdministratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued)
Permit typeIndividual permit
Discharger classMinor discharger
Facility typePublicly owned treatment works
ProgramPublicly owned treatment works
IssuedApril 1, 2020
Expiration dateMarch 31, 2025
Issuing agencySTA
AddressDe Soto, IA 50069
SubwatershedBulger Creek (HUC 071000070903)
NAICS221320 – Sewage Treatment Facilities
SIC4952 – Sewerage Systems

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.

Effluent limits and exceedances

An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.

Pollutant or measureLimitsViolations, any kindEffluent exceedancesLatest exceedanceLargest exceedance, as filed
pH57064December 31, 2022
Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant04040June 30, 2011137% over the limit
Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N]484230January 31, 202653,332% over the limit
Solids, total suspended92812February 29, 20243,695% over the limit
Oxygen, dissolved [DO]195September 30, 202043% over the limit
BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C]4124June 30, 201715% over the limit
Coliform, fecal general033July 31, 20101,371% over the limit
Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N]282February 29, 202419,676% over the limit
E. coli121June 30, 2015106% over the limit
BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C500
Chloride [as Cl]500

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.

Inspections, violations and enforcement

EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES IA0056821.

Inspections

EPA’s inspection file holds no inspection for NPDES IA0056821.

Formal enforcement and penalties

0 formal actions, 0 of them with a penalty assessed. Federal and state penalties are separate figures from separate authorities and are shown as each was filed, never added together.

Informal enforcement

EPA’s informal enforcement file holds no action for NPDES IA0056821.

Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.

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What this page shows

This public-records page covers NPDES permit IA0056821, held by CITY OF DESOTO for the DESOTO CITY OF STP publicly owned treatment works in De Soto, IA, with its status shown as administratively continued. The page lists 11 pollutants on file, 9 of which are under a numeric limit and 9 of which have an effluent exceedance.